Lunch-basket for bicycles.



No. 652,325. Patented June 26, i900. H. A. McKNlGHT. LUNCH BASKET FOBBIGYGLES.

' (Application filed May 10,1899.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES "PATENT @rnioa.

HARRY A. MOKNIGHT, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

LUNCH-BASKET FOR BICYCLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 652,32 5, dated June26, 1900. Application filed ay 10, 189 9. Serial No. 716,237. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY A. MOKNIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne, State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Lunch-Basket Carriersfor Bicycles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in lunch-basketcarriers for bicycles; and it consists in the construction andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outparticularly in the claim.

The objectis to provide simple and efficient means for supporting andcarrying a lunchbasket upon the steering-head of a bicycle, thearrangement being such as to maintain the basket securely in place, tosupport said basket in a horizontal position, and to prevent the extremevibration of the bicycle beingimparted thereto. This object is attainedby the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure1 is an elevation of the steering-head of a bicycle-frame, other partsbeing broken away, showing my improved lunch-basket carrier attachedthereto and supporting a lunchebasket. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing aportion of the side of a lunch-basket and the retainingplates mountedthereon, which receive the bracket mounted on the head of the bicycle.Fig. 3 is a horizontal sec tion as on line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is avertical section through a portion of the lunchbasket and through theattaching-plates.

Referring to the letters of reference, A designates the steering-head ofa bicycle. B designates a circular metallicclamp adapted to embrace saidsteering-head and having a bolt passing through the free ends thereof,by means of which said clamp is tightened upon the steering-head. Formedin the sides of said clamp are the vertical sockets b, adapted toreceive the bent end portions 0 of the wire bracket 0, which are adaptedto be ininner plates sertedin said sockets,as shown. Said bracket 0 isformed of a continuous strand of wire, comprising two arms having theloops D therein and united at their outer ends by the curved portion cl,(shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2,) joining the upper ends of theupwardly-bent end portions e of said wire. The upwardlyextending endportions 6 of the bracket 0 are adapted to enter "the slot f, formedbetween the opposed faces of the angle plate E and the plate F, saidplates being socured to the side of the lunch-basket G by means of thescrew-bolts g,which pass through said plates, the side of the basket,and the h, receiving on their inner ends the nuts i, which bear againstsaid inner plates. The inner plates h present such a bearing against theinner face of the wall of the lunch-basket as to prevent the screws fromdrawing therethrough,while the opposed plates E and F form between theiradjacent faces a metal socket which receives the upwardly-turned endportions 6 of the bracket and prevent said bracket from injuring thewall of the basket. The socket f between said plates permits theengaging ends 6 of the bracket to be readily entered therein, so thatthe lunch-basket G, upon which said plates are mounted, may be readilysecured upon the bracket or removed therefrom with equal facility. Thebracket itself, if desired, may be detached from the bicycle by simplywithdrawing the bent end portions 0 from their receiving-sockets I) inthe clamp B.

The coils D in the bracket absorb a great deal of the vibration from thebicycle and prevent the excessive jarring of the wheel from beingtransmitted to the lunch-basket G, thereby preventing a shaking up ofthe contents of said basket. The curved portion CZ uniting theupwardlyturned ends of the bracket 0 serves to strengthen saidupwardly-turned ends and affords a broad bearing for. the engaging endof the bracket, which lies between the confining-plates on the basket,thereby holding the basket against lateral play and also preventing itfrom tilting.

Having thus fully set forth this invention, What is claimed is- Thecombination of an angle-bracket,

mounted on a bicycle and having its right angle ends united by adownwardly-curved portion crossing between them, a basket or carrierhaving a flexible wall, a flat metal plate lying against the outer wallof said basket, an angle-plate lying upon said flat plate,

said angle-plate being bent in the center to ket opposite the outerplates, the bolts passing through the margins of the two outer platesbeyond said socket, the wall of the basket and the plate upon the innerwall thereof, and the nuts or other fastening means upon the ends ofsaid bolts bearing against the inner plate whereby said plates areclamped to the opposite sides of the interposed wall of the basket.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

HARRY A. MOKNIGHT.

Witnesses:

E. S. WHEELER, F. J. PEADIE.

